Hi Susie,
Well, I hope your week at school finished off better than it started. I’m sure you’re right in that things are very different in Glasgow than in Brevig, but I bet we have a lot of similarities. It is not uncommon for a student to blow up in class at either a teacher or another student. Even in kindergarten I have students who are so angry when things don’t go exactly their way that they push tables, throw over chairs and kick other students for no reason. Where does all the anger come from? I have my theories, but who really knows? I think many teachers come here and think that this will be a quiet, little, quaint village with children who behave like angels. It’s quite a shock for them to realize that it’s not always that way. Behavior management and teaching are actually very difficult. I don’t want to sound negative, there are many things to love here. The children really are endearing and the people are friendly and all around neat people, but no doubt there are many difficulties as well.
What kind of a background do your students come from? What are some of the primary sources of income?
Hope you’re enjoying your weekend and not thinking about school too much. I have had to work very hard to keep my work in perspective. Teachers do a lot of things together here and since we all work together we tend to talk on and on about school issues. I make sure and have other friends besides teachers and hobbies that don’t involve being at the school to help keep life balanced. It helps that my husband is not a teacher, he’s an engineer who is always planning to fix or make something interesting.
I got the seal skin slippers I was working on done, hopefully one of these days I'll have time to learn how to post pictures and show what they look like.
Oh, and it was a windy week here too, finally cleared up today and we can see again.